Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d)

About Buena

Buena (backed by GV) makes everything real estate as simple and transparent as buying an ETF. Whether it's finding, buying, or financing an apartment. We do this by acquiring property managers across Germany and turning them into technology companies. Throughout the past 2 years we have become Germany's third-largest property manager with less than 25 full-time team members at our HQ.

The Senior Software Engineering Role

We’re hiring a core addition to our engineering team to rebuild an industry stuck in the early 2000s. You’ll work closely with our founders, head of product, and design team in Berlin.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features end-to-end.
• Own parts of the product and drive architectural decisions.
• Improve performance and reliability across our core systems.
• Work closely with product and design to turn real workflows into simple software.
• Shape our engineering culture as we grow.

You may be a good fit if you

• Speak German close to native level
• Have proven experience in building and shipping production-ready web applications.
• Show strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js (or comparable modern stacks).
• Have the ability to take features from concept to production independently.
• Have a solid understanding of modern web architecture (APIs, state management, data flows).
• Are founder-type talent, meaning you match our focus on outcomes and excellence.

Your Benefits

• Top compensation, including virtual stock options.
• Up to €500 close-to-office bonus, if you decide to live within 10-20 mins walking distance to our office.
• €110/month lunch budget, €50 fitness subsidy.
• €1,200 yearly education budget.
• Free books: Buena pays for any book you'd like to read.

Your Interview Process

These steps usually take 7 days depending on your speed and diligence.

• Fill out a brief questionnaire to cover the basics.
• Get to know call with Till, our Head of Product.
• Case Study to demonstrate your technical approach.
• Present the Case Study on-site to Till and Alex, your future colleague.
• Behavioral Interview with Jan, our Co-Founder & COO.
• Paid work trial to collaborate on a real problem.
• Offer & Contract.

Why you should apply now

• We're high-growth with a small, tight-knit team: Within the past 3 years we have become Germany's third largest property manager with around 20 full-time employees.
• We're meritocratic: Your impact gets rewarded, quickly. Our CEO has been a Junior Product Manager 3 years ago, our COO has been Chief of Staff 2 years ago.
• We're personal: We work from our office in Prenzlauer Berg and place high value on knowing each other well.
• We care about outcomes: Homeownership rates in Germany are far below European average. We're here to enable wealth creation for everyone.